NOVENA Prayers to Saint Joseph
DAY 9
Feast Day March 19th
O Glorious St. Joseph, faithful follower
of Jesus Christ, to you do we
raise our hearts and hands, to implore
your powerful intercession in obtaining
from the benign Heart of Jesus all the
helps and graces necessary for our spiritual
and temporal welfare, particularly
the grace of a happy death, and the special
favor we now implore.
O guardian of the Word Incarnate,
we feel filled with confidence that your
prayers on our behalf will be graciously
heard before the throne of God.
O Glorious St. Joseph, through the
love you bear to Jesus Christ, and for
the glory of His name, hear our prayers
and obtain our petitions. (Repeat 7times)
Let us pray
O Glorious St. Joseph, spouse of the
Immaculate Virgin, obtain for us a
pure, humble, and charitable mind, and
perfect resignation to the divine Will.
Be our guide, father and model through
life, that we may merit to die as you
did, in the arms of Jesus and Mary.
~~~
DAY NINE
O good Saint Joseph, help us to be like you,
gentle to those whose weakness leans on us;
help us to give to those who seek our aid,
succor that they may journey unafraid.
Give us your faith,
that we may see the right shining above the victories of might.
Give us your hope that we may stand secure,
untouched by doubting, steadfast to endure.
Give us your love that as the years increase
an understanding heart may bring us peace.
Give us your purity that the hour of death
finds us untouched by evil’s breath.
Give us your love of labor
that we shirk no lot in life that calls us for honest work.
Give us your love of poverty so that we live contented,
let wealth come or go.
Give us your courage that we may be strong;
give us your meekness to confess our sins.
Give us your patience that we may possess the kingdom
of our souls without distress.
Help us, dear Saint,
to live that when life ends
we pass with you to Jesus and His friends.
O Glorious Saint Joseph,
hear our prayers and obtain our petitions.
Amen.
~~~
Gospel LK 5:27-32
'Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post.
He said to him, “Follow me.”
And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him.
Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house,
and a large crowd of tax collectors
and others were at table with them.
The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying,
“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
Jesus said to them in reply,
“Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do.
I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.”
~~~
just, Paige St. James
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